News published on Federal Newswire in December 2016

News from December 2016


Grants Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Grenade

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Valdez, 51, of Grants, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a destructive device.


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Bert Donadelle, Jr., 26, of Georgia, to three months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez also ordered Donadelle to perform 300 hours of community service and pay a $100 special assessment.


Third Circuit Court Of Appeals Affirms 12 ½-Year Prison Sentence For Heroin Courier

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed the 12 ½-year prison sentence imposed by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy on a California resident who transported 23 kilograms of heroin (approximately 760,000 retail bags of heroin) from California to Pennsylvania.


Roundtable on the Impact of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on America’s Transportation Systems

News Release: Washington, DC - Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion next week to discuss the impact of autonomous vehicle technology on the Nation’s surface transportation systems.


News Release: The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park are closed for the season. The series of storm systems that passed through the Yosemite Area over the last several weeks have resulted in snow accumulation throughout the park. These roads close each fall and remain closed throughout the winter months until weather conditions permit reopening in the spring next year.


United States Attorney Announces Successful Heroin And Opioid Response Summit

News Release: Urges Collaborative Solutions and New Ideas to Combat the Explosion in Heroin and Opioid Addiction.


News Release: Company to Pay $40 Million and Implement Remedial Measures on All Carnival Companies Visiting U.S. Ports.



News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Ringgold man was sentenced to 36 months in prison for possessing a pistol after being convicted of a felony.


News Release: George Bowling Admits to Conspiring to Distribute Ice Methamphetamine.


Discover History Center Exhibit Fabrication and Installation Contract Awarded

News Release: The National Park Service at Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) is pleased to announce that Capitol Exhibit Services, Inc. of Manassas, Virginia was recently awarded a $1.679 million contract to produce, fabricate and install exhibits in Morristown NHP’s Washington’s Headquarters Museum. The project...


Carlsbad Felon Sentenced to Ten Years for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal False Statements and Aggravated Identity Theft Conviction in New Mexico

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Clinton William Yetter, 51, of Gainesville, Fla., was sentenced today in Albuquerque, N.M, federal court to 48 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his conviction on false statements and aggravated identity theft charges.


Engel on Defense Authorization: Leave Diplomacy to Our Diplomats

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the House of Representatives on the conference report to accompany S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017...


News Release: Performance of the Gilmore Light Ensemble.


News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Rockford physician was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for making false statements in a bankruptcy case.


Cincinnati Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury

News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati, Ohio man has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for selling fentanyl that resulted in a near-fatal overdose.


News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati, Ohio man has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for selling fentanyl that resulted in a near-fatal overdose.


Former Engineer for Wyandotte Unified Government Indicted on Federal Bribery Charge

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former staff engineer for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., with taking bribes, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


News Release: WILKES-BARRE- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Adrian Smith, age 21, of New York, pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2016, before United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr., in Wilkes-Barre, to attempted sex trafficking of a minor.